Kenny Luck - Failsafe: Living Secure in Gods Acceptance

I read everything Kenny Luck writes! Why? Because he knows the heart of men and writes to us in a straightforward manner. I read his words and think, How does he know me so well? In Failsafe, you will find yourself nodding along, and then youll be challenged deeply to look past your need for approval or fear of failure to Gods love as the ultimate failsafe. Read this and live with the security that your soul craves. I highly recommend.

DOUG FIELDS, speaker, pastor, author of 7 Ways to Be Her Hero

QRF (Quick Reaction Force). No operation ever goes exactly as planned on the battlefield. Should things take a turn for the worse, a radio transmission to the QRF will get help on the way. In Failsafe, Kenny Luck explores how Gods love is a mans ever-present QRF, providing us with cover fire, air support, armor, tactical proficiency, and intel that falls from heaven. Gods special forces take ground and victory when the failsafe is in place.

CHAD WILLIAMS, former Navy SEAL, author of SEAL of God

If you want to understand what it really means to embrace Gods acceptance and then be freed to love other people as a result, Failsafe is a game changer. I couldnt recommend this book more highly, and Im grateful Kenny wrote it. Just be carefultheres a good chance it will convict you and push you out of your comfort zone. But isnt that what it takes to be the kind of man God wants you to be? I hope youre up for the challenge.

SEAN MCDOWELL, P H D , Biola University professor, speaker, author

SEAL teams always have a Plan A, B, C, and D. Why? Because things rarely go as planned. Failsafe explores our backup plan as Christian men, that one special place that never fails and is always safe: the loving arms of God. As believers, when we stumble or fail, we are caught by Gods unfailing security. It is also our base from which we pick ourselves up and move forward. Kenny Luck is the real deal, and he speaks out of a walk with God that carried him through many difficult moments. Failsafe is a must-read for every man who wishes to stay on mission.

MILAN YERKOVICH, author of How We Love, founder of Relationship 180

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You should never live according to what you lack.

NICK VUJICIC,
LIFE WITHOUT LIMITS

The Inner Man

I TEACH A CLASS at my church for prospective members. Its what you might expectan orientation to the history of our church, our present direction, our biblical views, and our vision for the future. People who attend the class have already taken a test-drive of our services and checked out our kids programs. Most have prayed about becoming members, and their presence is a sign theyre ready for that step. About midway through the class, we reach a section in the materials that speaks to the kind of faith community were seeking to build. Some themes in this section, for example, include a worshiping community and a joy-filled community. And then we reach this theme: a masculine-friendly community. In most churches, men arent a signature part of the vision for the community theyre building, but this is a functional and practical distinctive of our church that receives a lot of staff time, attention, and investment.

This moment is a gut check for most people in the class.

I can see both the look and the temperature in the room change. The faces of most of the women contort in some way, eyebrows furrow, arms fold, and bodies shift in chairs. I understand where the discomfort comes from in a culture where people dont see much to celebrate in men. Who could blame them? They see headline after headline of men acting in their own self-interests at the expense of others. Names might be popping into your mind right now from headlines on cable news. The common denominator? Men who have used their influence, position, or power to abuse others. Think sexual-abuse scandals. Think mass killings. Think human trafficking. Think domestic violence. Think fatherlessness. Think of all the chaos and dysfunction that flow from the choices grown men make out of boy-sized emotional maturity and character. Its head-scratching and confirms the fact that age, skill, high achievement, wealth, discipline, and unbroken successes have nothing to do with a mans emotional maturity. So when I announce to a roomful of potential members that our church is building a community of masculine-friendly Christ followers, it seems like an oxymoron to many. Its confusing and lacking in context.

Behind the discomfort, the obvious intrigue, the furrowed eyebrows, the folded arms, and the bodies shifting in seats is a simple thought: